Ant-Man and the Wasp, American movie (2018)

One of my favorite parts of going to a movie theatre, besides eating snacks, is the previews. It’s always exciting to see new and interesting trailers for movies that will be coming out later in the year. However these days, trailers have changed a lot from what they were years ago. While the main purpose of one is of course getting you excited for an upcoming film, nowadays I think that trailers quite often just give away too much. Sometimes whole plotpoints are revealed, and at times this certainly make me regret looking at one in the first place. Now I know what you are going to say: Why watch them then? I think that is a very good question. A good trailer for me, is one that shows you scenes to give you enough of a tease to look forward to a film, while at the same time holding back enough to not ruin the movie itself. It’s an art that not every one seems to have mastered. So why bring this up right now? Well, I will answer that with another question. What if a trailer shows you the entire film in a little over two minutes? Don’t think that can be done? Think again!

Wait….wasn’t this movie called Ant-man? This looks more like Giant-man!

With all the succes Marvel has had it gave the studio free rein to experiment with characters that are not as well known to the moviegoing audience. Three years ago we got Ant-man, a film that I went to the theatres for with little to no expectations. It ended up being a very nice and lighthearted film, with a lot of humor, some great special effects and a terrific lead in the form of Paul Rudd who played the role of Scott Lang. After this year’s incredible Avengers Infinity War movie (yes I know I still haven’t written a review for that one yet lol), the question on everybody’s mind was: where was Ant-man? Erm, well on some people’s minds anyway. Ant-man and the Wasp answers that question, at least sort of. In any case, we again meet up with Scott Lang, who has been under house arrest and is very close to the end of his sentence. He is trying to be a better father for his daughter, and it seems he is succeeding on that part.

That’s more like it. Was getting confused there for a second!

But of course eventually, as it always does, bad stuff starts to happen again. His former love interest Hope, has been trying to find a way together with her father to bring back her mother who disappeared into the quantum realm several years ago. But wait, wasn’t she supposed to be dead? Well…yes, but after having Scott return from that place where nobody is supposed to return from, it gave Hope some much needed erm…hope. Of course, our favorite mini sized hero eventually gets dragged into this, and just in time as well, as a new player appears on the scene in the form of Ghost. While in the middle of a deal for trying to obtain an important piece of technology in order to gain access to the quantum realm, Hope gets attacked by this mysterious figure. Just who is Ghost, and what is he or she trying to accomplish? Whatever it might be, it seems to tie in directly to Hope’s mother…

Is it just me, or does this seem like a character that looks like it walked away out of an anime?

Now, I wasn’t kidding when I mentioned the fact that a full movie can be shown in a trailer. Antman and the Wasp’s trailer accomplished it. There was nothing, and I really mean nothing, in this movie that was a surprise. The trailer really shows you everything, and there wasn’t a single scene in the film that showed me something that I wasn’t expecting. I really thought this was maybe just me, but a friend of mine who had also seen the movie, said the exact same thing. And even well known You Tuber Tyrone Magnus (If you don’t know him yet, go check him out. He has over 1.2 million subscribers, and is totally awesome), made a video review pointing this out. Now I don’t exactly know what this says about the movie itself though. Sure the trailer maybe showed too much, but thinking back on it, I don’t know how they could have done it in any other way. As really there wasn’t anything else worth showing to tease the movie going audience into seeing this film.

I guess they both smell really bad as they both have masks on.

Does this mean that this is a bad film though? Well….for one thing this is a comedy movie. And as many of you know I’m not a fan of those. Where the first movie really had some delightful comedic moments, it also had a serious edge to it, and the comedy served simply to lighten the mood. Here it was the other way around: it was full on comedy mode, with jokes that sometimes worked, but also a lot of times fell flat. Without spoiling too much, the humor also felt out of place especially when you find out the nature of this film’s villain. And to be honest, that “villain” wasn’t the best we have seen in a Marvel movie. After all the darkness of Infinity War I can understand that Marvel wanted something lighter to follow in the wake of that movie. But I don’t know if this film completely succeeded at that. But it has to be said, it really isn’t a bad movie, as there is also enough to enjoy.

I’m as shocked as you are about the final score: Are you crazy?!

Paul Rudd certainly once again serves up the magic as he really brings to life his character in the best way possible. He really does a great job to show he is a father who would do anything for his daughter, and his on screen chemistry with Evangeline Lily who plays Hope aka the Wasp, is also a delight to see. Michael Douglas is always a solid actor, and I really liked the way he evolved his character of Hank Pym into a more symphatetic and likeable one. Criminally underused was actress Michelle Pfeiffer who just had a very small part in the film. I really would have loved to see more of this incredible actress, but sadly that was not to be. Oh well…there is probably always the inevitable sequel. The action scenes and special effects were great, but there certainly weren’t many of them. This is a small movie for Marvel standards, and one that seems befitting to the size of it’s main character. Overall, I was disappointed by this one. But it could be I was just expecting too much or the trailer just ruined it for me. While I was still entertained by the film, it had just too little to offer to make this one of the better Marvel films. If you like comedies, you can add another point to the overall rating below.

It really didn’t work for me as well, as the first film did (and that one I really did enjoy).
But this one just did not have enough going for it, to keep the momentum. A bit of a shame, but will all the cool previous Marvel films I will admit that we have been spoiled a lot 😊

This seems like a fairly standard sequel then. Just unable to capture what really engaged with the first film. That said, I won’t be able to see this one for a fair while so I won’t be able to comment on this one specifically.

Yeah…that’s at least what it turned out to be for me anyway. It had just enough in it to at least keep my entertained, but the lack of surprises and the oftentimes just lackluster humor (which is of course my point of view, some people might roll off their chairs from laughing 😂😂) just made it a bit of a mediocre film for me.
I understand, will look forward to hearing your thoughts on the movie when you get around to it 😊

While I will admit it wasn’t one of the absolute best MCU films, I felt it to be a solid follow-up to one I don’t think anyone was expecting to be so good. It has a good villain and the jokes landed just as well as they did in the original. All in all, I’d say it’s worth a watch.

I can understand that completely 😊 I have also talked to people who enjoyed it a lot as well, for me it just didn’t work as well as the first film (and I really liked that one a lot 😀😀). The thing is, comedy is always a bit of a tricky thing. There are people who are roaring with laughter after a certain joke, but then there are people who just don’t get it,and stare blankly (my father for instance has a totally different sense of humor than my mother’s and mine lol).
But yes, I’m not saying it was a bad film, it just wasn’t my type of movie as much. And admittedly maybe when I had not seen the trailer beforehand I might also have experienced it differently 😊 Glas you enjoyed the film! And of course thank you for your comment! 😀

Yeah, I think that is a very good idea. I might have experienced this one in a very different way if I had not seen the trailer, but then again…it just wasn’t as good as the first film 😊 Still, hope you will enjoy it though!
As for Aquaman…I could not agree with you more: Really looking forward to that one as it looks amazing!! 😊😊

To me this felt like a film that was both too much and too little if that makes sense XD. It wanted a lot of action and moving plot points, but never really had too great a journey or destination with most of them. The cast once again does solid work, but yeah I will agree I was left fairly disappointed in it by the end. Everything just happened, characters happened, but there wasn’t a lot there I hadn’t already experienced better in the original or other things in the genre. Though Laurence Fishburne is always a plus.

Yes it’s definitely the cast that saves this film for me as well. I really liked the dynamics between them, and you are so right Fishburne is great in pretty much everything he does. But, true enough it wasn’t as enjoyable as the first film…especially as what I mentioned the trailer really did show all the best parts. Oh well, after such a solid number of good films they delivered, I guess they are allowed to make a lesser film for at least one time lol 😂

Aww, thanks so much for going through all my posts, that so sweet of you 😘❤️
Yeah, it was a bit of a disappointment, but well I still enjoyed myself as going tot the theatre is always fun I guess. And I have to admit that I have definitely seen worse kinds of movies 😂 Thank you for the kind words, and I’m glad the captions made you laugh 😘❤️

Liked it though a bit too PG. Infinity Wars the best Marvel film I have seen this year.
Ant Man streets ahead of Deadpool 2 which tried way too hard to be R rated. What made it R rated was just simply distasteful.

Yes, I still haven’t gotten around to writing a review for both those films, but I totally agree with you on Infinity Wars. It was astounding what they achieved with that one, and just amazing how they managed to make a film with so many superheroes and turn into such a compelling and entertaining watch, without it feeling too crowded 😊

Even I find it a little disappointing to have more than the required amount of humour in these kind of films. I mean they could really invest that screen time for something more concrete to the plot or something. There are some really amazing movies in the Marvel universe but some just seem so unnecessary or maybe not that great as to how much it adds to the plot. But great review friend. Kinda sad that the whole point of the movie happened to be in the trailer.

Well, I applaud Marvel for trying to take their films in a different direction from time to time. But yeah this one just had too much humor in it for my taste (and when you love comedies I’m pretty sure that you will like the movie). But for me it just didn’t work and having the entire plot and pretty much all the action scenes in the entire trailer didn’t help much either lol 😂😂

I agree with you! I actually went into the first Ant Man with absolutely no expectations and came out really surprised by how much I liked it! When the trailer for this movie came out I was significantly less interested, I think, due to the fact that the trailer packed so much into it. I agree that I felt the movie was completely spoiled for me because of the trailer, which ultimately ended up altering my enjoyment of the movie itself. I liked it. But nowhere near as much as the first one. And to be honest, it felt forgettable to me (if that makes sense). Ultimately, we went to the movie to see the after credits scene which was just about the only surprise for me.

You really pretty much hit the nail on the head with this comment, as I could not agree with you more. It completely mirrors my own experience with this film. The after credits scene really was one of the best things about the film, and that to be quite honest is quite sad. It makes total sense: I had the exact same feeling walking out of the theatre. This is a movie that in 4 weeks from now I probably will hardly remember. Oh well, hopefully next year’s ms Marvel (and of course the follow up to Avengers Infinity War) will be exciting films again 😊

Wow! You’re the first person who was kind of “meh” on this movie!! I’m kind of sad that they went full comedy and kind of gave up on the serious.. It’s like Thor:Ragnarok (.. I’m pretty sure I’m the only person in the world who wanted my life back after that movie. Although, I adore Jeff Goldblum.)
As for trailers… I love trailers at the movies, I find that there are so many now a days that I forget the actual movie I’m there to see! 😂 Maybe it’s my old age! 😉 I also feel like they now put too many scenes in trailers that aren’t even IN the movie! WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?!

Haha..well, yeah when I don’t particularly like a film (although to be fair this one wasn’t awful) I do voice it (although I did not fo full rant mode as I did on Star Wars the Last Jedi). It reallly is a shame though…I don’t mind a bit of comedic relief, but this one (for me at least) took it a step too far.
Haha…naw you are not the only one, there are loads of other people out there that want their lives back too..no worries 😂😂)
Oh no…not your age again: I already just said you weren’t old: so I am going to say it again here only louder: NICOLE IS NOT OLD!!! 🍻🍻🍻❤️❤️.
So…people in China probably heard me too. As for your question/…I have noticed that too, and it’s weird. Maybe they are just preparing the deleted scenes for the eventual dvd release? Hey…I can be crazy like that..so I often come up with some clever ideas trying to explain things….😂😂😂

… Your clever ideas are blowing my mind… Stop with your thinking, and your logic… My brain can’t handle it today!
Hey, you hadn’t told me I wasn’t old when I sent this comment! So, way to confuse all those people in China! They’re all sitting there going “what is a Nicole??”
I haven’t seen Last Jedi yet… I just can’t care enough. 😕 Although, I have an issue where I can’t look at Kylo Ren without thinking about the nerdy game programmer in “Grandma’s Boy”… “please sit in my face!” 😂😂😂😂

Shuts down brain…total mind freeze..now the only thing I can’t do is write comments with my brain turned off. It will start to look like this: gdbuevrwveqpibvpyr….Yep better I switch it one again, and just stop with the ideas 😂😂
Lol…I guess that’s true..points for you. Doesn’t matter though, they will all pick up on it now after this comment. So I don’t think they will wonder what a Nicole is anymore 😂😂
Lol…thanks for painting that image for me, now I guess I can’t look at Kylo Ren normally anymore either. Oh well..when compared to Darth Vader he is a wimp anyway 😂😂😂

Lol…Yes I think good old Vader would beat him to a pulp in no time 😂😂
I don’t know if that’s such a good idea to sent that super special back to me: it’s of course been totally corrupted by you…and hey he was in love with you as well, so there is that 😂😂

Hang on…..
Okay I am back…sorry had to totally google Jon Tron…😱😱😅😅😅 Haha…it seems like you guys are having a lot of fun, which is awesome!! (wish I was there…then again, I would probably have to dance and then there really would not be any customers left 😂😂).

Well, we have to pass the time somehow! 😉 It can be fun here SOMETIMES… I’m still happy I’m leaving!
Well, we’re up to probably about 20 customers at 7 hrs… So, plenty of dancing time!! Send me a video of you dancing and I’ll put it on for my customers and take a poll! “would this scare you away??”

Haha..you would like that wouldn’t you? And then it goes viral and shows up on wordpress. I wake up one morning and then I see 0 followers, wondering what that’s about. And then I see all kinds of emails accusing me of being totally nuts , and at the end the police arrives telling me to check in to the mental hospital ASAP.
And to think that all this started quite innocently in me trying to scare away a few customers. And it would probably work as well seeing as I am in my pj’s here again 😂😂
Lol….well still glad you are having fun right now though 😂😂

Haha..okay, that really is cool. Having your very own hot tub! Well…how long does it take for that thing to heat up? You could still put it on…and then while waiting throw some darts and try to relax? But….I guess you said yesterday that waiting wasn’t your strong point..whooops…forgot about that 😂😂

Hmm…well, then I hope that some good night’s sleep will make you feel better. Maybe you can try to dream about being in the hot tub and in that way it will totally help your body recover?? (Lol…yeah I know..this probably wasn’t my best idea 😂😂).

Seeee…now your talking. I knew I would be able to contribute some good ideas. I know, I know..it’s a rare occassion that something like that happens inside my brain…so you should totally take advantage of that 😂😂

Haha…yeah, well…I’m not going to deny that you are always right, because so far you have always been right 😂😂😂 Yes: I said that out loud so another one to frame: NICOLE IS ALWAYS RIGHT PEOPLE!! LET’S GET THAT STRAIGHT!!! 😂😂

Ha ha!! Well, I’ve come to the conclusion that the only solution to this paradox, is sleep…. I’m going to hate myself when I need to get on the road! Ha ha!! So, time to try to slam my eye blinds down. 😋

Haha..well, I do hope I did not keep you up too long. And of course I still hope that you will be waking up at least a little bit rested. Again: goodnight, and maybe you can continue the sleep in your car tomorrow ( I do advise letting someone else do the driving when you go for that, else it might get messy 😂😂).

Ha ha ha!!! 😂😂😂 Come on! With all the gadgets they have in cars, they pretty much drive themselves… Right?? YOU didn’t keep me up, I kept myself up! Which was PROBABLY a bad idea… But, I’ve never been one for GOOD ideas, and I got a solid…. 4 hrs sleep… Good enough. I have to get some reading done, so no sleep in the car for me!
No reading=no posts for the week and Nicole has been lazy with her reading, lately…. 😐

Ahh…of course: you have a self driving car how silly of me: sorry, totally should have known that of course 😂😂 I take it it also has vertical take off and landing capabilties??
Phew…well, okay then, because I kind of felt bad for keeping you awake all that time 😅
Four hours though…wow…that really is not much. Hopefully you can get some reading done: I won’t be disturbing you than! 😊😊 Have fun with reading: hope it will be a good book: and naw, you have not been lazy: you have just had a lot on your mind, which is something totally different 😉

Really: No worries about that okay? 😊 your posts are always worth waiting for: (and no, I am not just saying that they really are), and it at times is okay to just not publish a post😊 So: don’t feel guilty about it. I’m sure that in the coming months there will be plenty more cozy Sunday posts heading our way 😀😀 Lol…I just received a comment from someone on this post that said: 111 comments, wow!! 😂😂😂 I don’t think he realises that most of these don’t have anything to do with the post itself…haha…this is seriously funny 😂😂

I think this was a post about comments….Wait: that’s actually a good idea: How one writes comments? Could be an ongoing collab project we could do: The art of writing comments an ongoing series by Nicole and Michel: instant classic in the making 😂😂

Lol..I think we have mastered the art of commenting for sure 😂😂 Cool…we could totally do this: somewhere in between the dance face off, reading, watching asian dramas, writing posts and writing comments…no pressure at all 😅😅

Oh DEFINTITELY not!! I just want to say SO MUCH!! It’s CLASSIC!! 😂😂 I keep wanting to quote it, but I don’t want to ruin anything for you!! (well, except the opening, which I already ruined. But, I had to entice you somehow!) 🤔😉

YA I DO!!! Well, technically there are only 2. The 2nd one was kind of a joke that they make up at the end of the 1st one, but for reasons explained in Thankskilling 3.. There kind of is no 2. Lmao!! Youll have to watch them to find out!… It’s all very intricate. 😘😂😂😂

The previews are one of my fav parts of the experience as well! But I’m Glad I’m not alone in being off-put by so many of the new ones. They give away too much, and I also find they assault my senses! Often too loud and cuts are too quick. So Ant man 2 gave it all away. This will be a good example to use when I gripe about this issue in the future haha.

Yeah..these days trailers just are either too long or…and that’s even more stupid, we get a trailer for a trailer 😂😂
But yep..this isn’t a case of a trailer showing the best bits…it’s a trailer showing the entire movie 😊😊😂😂

Well, I’m beginning to think you friend has got the right idea. But yeah this was just too much, but as I said in the post…I don’t know how else they could have promoted the movie.
Honestly though…having seen all the Marvel Movies to date, this is actually the first film that I did not enjoy as much. All the others, I still like very much. So I guess they are allowed to make one film that’s not good. Next up..but that’s for next year: is ms Marvel. Really looking forward to that one 😊

I try to avoid buying snacks at the cinema. They are overpriced and I need to cut down on the calories haha. I agree that modern day trailers show too much. Sometimes they even show clips from the ending!

111 comments, wow!
I skipped to your final paragraph as I haven’t seen Ant-Man and the Wasp yet, haven’t even seen a trailer, fortunately. I’m a little sad to read of Michelle’s lack of screen time. Although a little Pfeiffer is better than none at all.

Haha, yeah sorry about that 😅
I understand 😀 Luckily though I always write my posts with no spoilers 😊
It really is a shame though that they bring such a great actress in, and let her have such a small role. But like I said, I expect we are probably going to see more of her in the future 😊

It may be because someone done a summary, or a synopsis instead of a trailer and now we have a full movie and short version of the movie 🙂
I liked ant man because of humour, same as last Thor movie but I would not like to see Venom or Spawn movie turning into comedy one. I expect those movie to be more dark and creepy…
Am I expecting too much?

Lol, I definitely like that thought! It might be just that 😂😂
The first antman certainly had great humor, and I really loved that. But I have to say in this one the humor was just too much at times.
No, you are definitely not expecting too much. I feel the same…and I certainly hope those films will be dark (and I kind of expect that they will be) 😊😊

When the movie becoming the successful one, then they want to make another one to make more money and it’s not the way to make good movie even if as you said this part is not so bad, however it’s not so good as first ant man.

Yeah. That’s true, so far Marvel hasn’t really disappointed me, but this was the first time that I did not really enjoy a movie as much as the previous Marvel films. Oh well…they are allowed to make one bad film 😂

Hmm. I’m glad I didn’t shell out any $$ for this to see it at the theater, although I will probably watch it when it comes on Netflix. I did like the first one although I don’t generally love humor in superhero movies. The only one I absolutely loved that had that was Deadpool. Fantastic review as always Michel and your captions made me crack up.🤣

Yeah, I think there are still things in the film that you might enjoy, but overall though this for me at least was a letdown. As I am not a huge fun of comedies in the first place, that already made me like it less, and the fact that there were nog suprises left, made me dislike it even more.
As for Deadpool: that one I totally agree with: and that humor just fits with the character too. Glad you liked the captions 😂😂

Yeah that’s true: that post credit scene was almost the best thing in the entire movie lol 😂 But yeah the film was alright, and I just might have enjoyed a bit more if I had not seen the trailer for it 😊

Great Review!
The trailer is a micro-movie in itself! 😉
Not the ant-idote we needed after Infinity War, that’s for sure
Apart from the post-cred scenes (part-obscured by the teeming masses trudging towards the exit?!) the only thing I can remember – 1 week
on – too many lame attempts at comedy

Wow, that is one of the lowest scores I have seen you give something. I can’t dispute you, I wasn’t blown away by the film either. It wasn’t bad, but not near as good as the first one. Which is a shame really

Haha…it’s not the lowest score….but it is the lowest score that I have given something in a while. It really wasn’t bad just as you said. But for a Marvel movie…this one should just have been much better. And well…just not a big fan of comedies. I hope that next year’s ms Marvel is going to be better 😊😊

Totally agree with you on the trailers! so totally agree! It’s kind of sad, really that the best parts of the movie are now revealed… is it really difficult to come up with a trailer nowadays, to entice people, that doesn’t actually use the golden nuggets right off the bat? sigh…
As for the humour… I found, with the last Thor movie, that in places it was just so darn soggy… you can just tell when they force the script to be humorous.. it always makes me cringe 😀

Yeah…nowadays, it seems that studios feel it’s important to just entice people to go check out their movies by showing the best clips/scenes of it. That really does make me sad, as it really robs you of the enjoyment of the movie. And for this…it was the absolute worst that’s for sure.
Thor certainly had it’s cringeworthy moments as well…but I did enjoy it more than this movie. The story was much better, and so were the action scenes 😊

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Marvel’s latest release, Ant-man and the Wasp, came shortly on the heels of Avengers:Infinity Wars, which was much darker and over-the-top depressing, leaving fans clamoring for a do-over in the fourth planned installment to the series. Raistlin0903 shared his review on his website of the “comic relief” addition to the Marvel Universe.

Wonderful honest review, Michel. I too left the theater a bit underwhelmed by this one. It wasn’t that spectacular, and there wasn’t anything too creative about it all. I’m also not a HUGE fan of Paul Rudd, but he definitely does a decent job with this character. I’m just glad it wasn’t a crazy heavy on comedy like Thor Ragnarok was. Hopefully Captain Marvel will prove to be a far more original and awesome movie! 😀

Yeah…it was alright. I think if I had not seen the trailer, I would have enjoyed the movie more. I’m just not a big fan of comedy…especially not of slapstick comedy, that this one sometimes had. Still, there are definitely worse movies out there.
I think Ms. Marvel is going to be way better film again…and seeing as Agent Caulson will make an appearance in it as well…I just can’t wait to see it 😊😊

I haven’t seen this movie but I have seen the trailer & it’s always disappointing when the trailer reveals too much.
I liked the first movie so I’ll wait until this one comes to TV or Netflix to watch it 😊

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